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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0843* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 843 | |
| 11 | 8 | F5 5lr2955 | |
| 12 | 9 | SB 110/24 – B&T CF HB 736 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Hershey | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Budget and Taxation | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted with floor amendments | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 1, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | School Construction – Local Cost–Share – Alterations 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of adding an adjustment to the local cost–share for school construction 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | projects for certain counties under certain circumstances; and generally relating to 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | the local cost–share for school construction projects. 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | ||
| 30 | 24 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | Article – Education 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | Section 5–303(k) 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | ||
| 36 | 30 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | Article – Education 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | 5–303. 14 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | (k) (1) (I) A county is eligible for an adjustment to the local cost–share for 15 | |
| 44 | 38 | school construction projects under [paragraph (2)] SUBPARAGRAPH (II) of this 16 | |
| 45 | 39 | [subsection] PARAGRAPH if: 17 | |
| 46 | 40 | ||
| 47 | 41 | [(i)] 1. A county’s median household income is in the bottom 18 | |
| 48 | - | quartile in the State; and 19 2 SENATE BILL 843 | |
| 42 | + | quartile in the State; and 19 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | [(ii)] 2. The State and local cost–share formula for the county is 20 | |
| 45 | + | 50% State and 50% local. 21 | |
| 46 | + | 2 SENATE BILL 843 | |
| 49 | 47 | ||
| 50 | 48 | ||
| 49 | + | [(2) (i)] (II) 1. The local cost–share of a school construction project 1 | |
| 50 | + | in a county that is eligible under [paragraph (1)] SUBPARAGRAPH (I) of this [subsection] 2 | |
| 51 | + | PARAGRAPH shall be reduced to equal the local cost–share of the adjacent county that is 3 | |
| 52 | + | less than 50% but closest to 50%. 4 | |
| 51 | 53 | ||
| 52 | - | [(ii)] 2. The State and local cost–share formula for the county is 1 | |
| 53 | - | 50% State and 50% local. 2 | |
| 54 | + | [(ii)] 2. The State cost–share of a school construction project in the 5 | |
| 55 | + | eligible county shall be increased by a percentage that is equal to the reduction under 6 | |
| 56 | + | [subparagraph (i) of this paragraph] SUBSUBPARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH . 7 | |
| 54 | 57 | ||
| 55 | - | [(2) (i)] (II) 1. The local cost–share of a school construction project 3 | |
| 56 | - | in a county that is eligible under [paragraph (1)] SUBPARAGRAPH (I) of this [subsection] 4 | |
| 57 | - | PARAGRAPH shall be reduced to equal the local cost–share of the adjacent county that is 5 | |
| 58 | - | less than 50% but closest to 50%. 6 | |
| 58 | + | (2) (I) A COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE F OR AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE LOCAL 8 | |
| 59 | + | COST–SHARE FOR AN ELIGIBL E SCHOOL CONSTRUCTIO N PROJECT IN THE COU NTY 9 | |
| 60 | + | UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH IF : 10 | |
| 59 | 61 | ||
| 60 | - | | |
| 61 | - | eligible | |
| 62 | - | ||
| 62 | + | 1. THE PERCENTAGE OF STU DENTS IN THE COUNTY 11 | |
| 63 | + | ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE M EALS IS GREATER THAN THE STATEWIDE 12 | |
| 64 | + | AVERAGE OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS ; 13 | |
| 63 | 65 | ||
| 64 | - | (2) (I) A COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE F OR AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE LOCAL 10 | |
| 65 | - | COST–SHARE FOR AN ELIGIBL E SCHOOL CONSTRUCTIO N PROJECT IN THE COU NTY 11 | |
| 66 | - | UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH IF : 12 | |
| 66 | + | 2. ALL SCHOOLS IN THE CO UNTY PARTICIPATE IN THE 14 | |
| 67 | + | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISIO N; 15 | |
| 67 | 68 | ||
| 68 | - | 1. THE PERCENTAGE OF STU DENTS IN THE COUNTY 13 | |
| 69 | - | ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS IS GREATER THAN THE STATEWIDE 14 | |
| 70 | - | AVERAGE OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS ; 15 | |
| 69 | + | 3. THE STATE AND LOCAL COST –SHARE FORMULA FOR 16 | |
| 70 | + | THE COUNTY IS 50% STATE AND 50% LOCAL; AND 17 | |
| 71 | 71 | ||
| 72 | - | | |
| 73 | - | ||
| 72 | + | 4. THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT IS A SCHOOL THAT IS ONLY 18 | |
| 73 | + | AN ELEMENTARY , MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL . 19 | |
| 74 | 74 | ||
| 75 | - | 3. THE STATE AND LOCAL COST –SHARE FORMULA FOR 18 | |
| 76 | - | THE COUNTY IS 50% STATE AND 50% LOCAL; AND 19 | |
| 75 | + | (II) 1. THE LOCAL COST –SHARE OF A SCHOOL 20 | |
| 76 | + | CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN A COUNTY THAT IS ELIGIBLE UNDER SUBPA RAGRAPH 21 | |
| 77 | + | (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SH ALL BE REDUCED TO EQ UAL THE AVERAGE OF C OUNTIES 22 | |
| 78 | + | IN WHICH ALL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY PARTIC IPATE IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 23 | |
| 79 | + | AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISIO N. 24 | |
| 77 | 80 | ||
| 78 | - | 4. THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT IS A SCHOOL THAT IS THE 20 | |
| 79 | - | ONLY AN ELEMENTARY , MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY; AND 21 | |
| 81 | + | 2. THE STATE COST –SHARE OF A SCHOOL 25 | |
| 82 | + | CONSTRUCTION PROJE CT IN THE ELIGIBLE C OUNTY SHALL BE INCRE ASED BY A 26 | |
| 83 | + | PERCENTAGE THAT IS E QUAL TO THE REDUCTIO N UNDER SUBSUBPARAGR APH 1 OF 27 | |
| 84 | + | THIS SUBPARAGRAPH . 28 | |
| 80 | 85 | ||
| 81 | - | 5. THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS EQUAL TO OR 22 | |
| 82 | - | LESS THAN $129,000 PER STATE–ELIGIBLE STUDENT . 23 | |
| 86 | + | (3) A county shall receive: 29 | |
| 83 | 87 | ||
| 84 | - | (II) 1. THE LOCAL COST –SHARE OF A SCHOOL 24 | |
| 85 | - | CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN A COUNTY THAT IS ELIGIBLE UNDER SUBPARAGRAP H 25 | |
| 86 | - | (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SH ALL BE REDUCED TO EQ UAL THE AVERAGE OF C OUNTIES 26 | |
| 87 | - | IN WHICH ALL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY PARTIC IPATE IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 27 | |
| 88 | - | AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISIO N. 28 | |
| 89 | - | ||
| 90 | - | 2. THE STATE COST –SHARE OF A SCHOOL 29 | |
| 91 | - | CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE ELIGIBLE COUNTY SHALL BE INCREASED B Y A 30 | |
| 92 | - | PERCENTAGE THAT IS E QUAL TO THE REDUCTIO N UNDER SUBSUBPARAGR APH 1 OF 31 | |
| 93 | - | THIS SUBPARAGRAPH . 32 | |
| 94 | - | ||
| 95 | - | (3) A county shall receive: 33 SENATE BILL 843 3 | |
| 88 | + | (i) A 10 percentage point increase in the State share of a school 30 | |
| 89 | + | construction project if the proposed school construction project, when a local school system 31 | |
| 90 | + | submits a project for approval to the Interagency Commission, is at a school with a 32 | |
| 91 | + | concentration of poverty level, as defined in § 5–223 of this title, of 80% or greater; 33 | |
| 92 | + | SENATE BILL 843 3 | |
| 96 | 93 | ||
| 97 | 94 | ||
| 98 | - | ||
| 99 | - | (i) A 10 percentage point increase in the State share of a school 1 | |
| 95 | + | (ii) A 5 percentage point increase in the State share of a school 1 | |
| 100 | 96 | construction project if the proposed school construction project, when a local school system 2 | |
| 101 | 97 | submits a project for approval to the Interagency Commission, is at a school with a 3 | |
| 102 | - | concentration of poverty level, as defined in § 5–223 of this title, of 80% or greater; 4 | |
| 98 | + | concentration of poverty level, as defined in § 5–223 of this title, of less than 80% but greater 4 | |
| 99 | + | than 55%; 5 | |
| 103 | 100 | ||
| 104 | - | (ii) A 5 percentage point increase in the State share of a school 5 | |
| 105 | - | construction project if the proposed school construction project, when a local school system 6 | |
| 106 | - | submits a project for approval to the Interagency Commission, is at a school with a 7 | |
| 107 | - | concentration of poverty level, as defined in § 5–223 of this title, of less than 80% but greater 8 | |
| 108 | - | than 55%; 9 | |
| 101 | + | (iii) A 5 percentage point increase in the State share of a school 6 | |
| 102 | + | construction project if the proposed school construction project is at a school that, in the 7 | |
| 103 | + | most recent school maintenance effectiveness assessment by the Interagency Commission, 8 | |
| 104 | + | received an assessment rating of: 9 | |
| 109 | 105 | ||
| 110 | - | (iii) A 5 percentage point increase in the State share of a school 10 | |
| 111 | - | construction project if the proposed school construction project is at a school that, in the 11 | |
| 112 | - | most recent school maintenance effectiveness assessment by the Interagency Commission, 12 | |
| 113 | - | received an assessment rating of: 13 | |
| 106 | + | 1. Good; 10 | |
| 114 | 107 | ||
| 115 | - | | |
| 108 | + | 2. Superior; or 11 | |
| 116 | 109 | ||
| 117 | - | 2. Superior; or 15 | |
| 110 | + | 3. Adequate and the school’s current school facility 12 | |
| 111 | + | assessment percent of expected useful life is at least 120%; and 13 | |
| 118 | 112 | ||
| 119 | - | | |
| 120 | - | ||
| 113 | + | (iv) A 5 percentage point increase in the State share of a school 14 | |
| 114 | + | construction project if the proposed project is to build a net–zero school. 15 | |
| 121 | 115 | ||
| 122 | - | (iv) A 5 percentage point increase in the State share of a school 18 | |
| 123 | - | construction project if the proposed project is to build a net–zero school. 19 | |
| 124 | - | ||
| 125 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take ef fect July 20 | |
| 126 | - | 1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 3 years and, at the end of June 30, 2028, 21 | |
| 127 | - | this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 22 | |
| 128 | - | of no further force and effect. 23 | |
| 116 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 16 | |
| 117 | + | 1, 2025. 17 | |
| 129 | 118 | ||
| 130 | 119 | ||
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| 132 | - | ||
| 133 | - | Approved: | |
| 134 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 135 | - | Governor. | |
| 136 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 137 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 138 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 139 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |